Nizozemski simfonični metalci Beyond God bodo 8. decembra izdali svoj četrti plošček, ki bo nosil naslov The Great Divide. Seznam pesmi:

Cronos
Frostbite
Coronation
Heartbreaker
The Great Divide
A Sirens Cry
Pierced
The Elder Tree
Aphantasia
After Love Ends

Death metalci Shrapnel Storm bodo 6. oktobra pri Great Dane Records izdali svoj tretji studijski album Silo. Včeraj so predstavili prvi single The Only Snake Here Is You, ki bo na albumu skupaj s sledečimi naslovi:

Silo
Wastelands
Justice and Glory
Only Snake Here Is You
Alive Ammunition
Bring Me the War
Conquering the Gods
Icon of Destruction
Obey and Perish
Kinslayer
This Is Where I Fell

Španski black metalci Dantalion so razkrili single Sound of Bells and Open Scissors s prihajajočega devetega albuma Fatum. Ta bo izšel 8. septembra pri Non Serviam Records na CD-ju, zelenem vinilu in digitalno ter prinesel osem novih komadov:

Great Funeral of Dawn
Abyss Eating Serpent
Qayin Dominor Tumulus
Novena Wake Begins
Hades Visions
Exu King of Souls Omulu
Mortuary Song
Sounds of Bells and Open Scissors

Švedski Vikingi Amon Amarth, ki smo jih julija lahko ujeli v Zagrebu, so objavili najnovejši video za komad Heidrun. Komad se sicer nahaja na aktualnem albumu banda The Great Heathen Army, ki je izšel lani.

Italijanski doom metal trio Bottomless predstavlja nov single The Great Unknown s prihajajočega albuma The Banishing, ki izide 25. avgusta pri Dying Victims Productions.

Ekstremneži Pestilence sporočajo, da jih je zapustil basist Joost van der Graaf. Zasedba trenutno še išče njegovo zamenjavo, spodaj pa si lahko preberete celotno izjavo banda in Joosta.

»First off: family comes first, always!! Too bad this day had to come, because we were a very solid team and we will surely miss our good friend Joost van der Graaf. We respect his decision to spend more time with his family. Awesome he is offering to fill in from time to time, if needed.

Domači progresivni death metalci Morost sporočajo, da so podpisali z založbo TeufelsZeug Records. Spodaj lahko v celoti preberete uradno sporočilo banda:

»It is with great honor and joy that I inform you that Morost has signed a contract with the German metal label TeufelsZeug Records.

We first met at Kaltenbach Open Air 2022, where a windy storm got us all in a bit of trouble. Seeing T-shirts flying around the merch stand, we helped each other out and a few hours later we were already talking over beer. Some meetings and calls later, we can finally announce the signing of a contract.«

Ameriška black metal zasedba Lucifixion predstavlja komad O To Strike One Great and Final Wound on Thee Sum of Thee Lives of Thee Earthe kot drugi single s prihajajočega prvenca Trisect Joy of Pierced Hearts. Ta bo konec junija izšel pri Sentient Ruin Laboratories.

Italijanski doom metal trio Bottomless predstavlja skladbo Stand in the Dimming Light s prihajajočega albuma The Banishing, ki bo 25. avgusta izšel pri Dying Victims Productions in obsega naslednje naslove:

Let Them Burn
The Great Unknown
Guardians of Silence
Stand in the Dimming Light
By the Sword of the Archangel
Illusion Sun
Drawn into Yesterday
Dark Waters

Člani Bottomless so Giorgio Trombino (Assumption, Becerus, Shrieking Demons, ex-Haemophagus) na kitari in vokalu, David Lucido (Assumption, Shrieking Demons, ex-Haemophagus) na bobnih in Sara Bianchin (Messa, ex-Restos Humanos) na basu.

Ameriška black metal zasedba Lucifixion je obelodanila komad Howl, Thy Desolate Sound, s katerim napoveduje prvenec Trisect Joy of Pierced Hearts. Ta bo izšel konec junija pri založbi Sentient Ruin Laboratories in prinaša naslednje komade:

Hammer of Fevered Lights
Howl, Thy Desolate Sound
Feral Mass
Agony Fugue
O, to Strike One Great and Final Wound on Thee Sum of Thee Earthe
Iron Outer Midnyghte
Trisect Joys

S Tenerifov se predstavljajo metalcorovci Damned Slaves, ki so objavili sveži video za komad The Great Masquerade.

Francoski progresivni melodični death metalci Carcariass so v začetku meseca pri založbi Great Dane Records izdali svoj šesti album Afterworld, ki ga lahko naročite in v celoti poslušate preko Bandcampa.

Finski avantardni black metalci Henget so predstavili svoj nov single Henkivallat. Njihov debitanski plošček Beyond North Star bo izšel 19. maja pri Season Of Mist, sestavljali pa ga bodo sledeči komadi:

Dive
I Am Them
Henkivallat
The Great Spiral
Beyond North Star
Lovi
Nouse
The Chalice of Life and Death

Francoski death metalci Catacomb so pripravili besedilni video za komad The Kings of Edom. Gre za prvi single z dolgo pričakovanega prvenca When the Stars Are Right, ki bo izšel 23. marca pri založbi Xtreem Music. Znana je tudi že tracklista:

The Kings of Edom
Ruler of This World
Servants of the Old Ones
Waiting for the Stars
The Great Dreamer
Black Goat
In Your Blasphemous Name
Crawling Chaos
Blind Idiot God
Chapel of Ghouls (priredba Morbid Angel)

Ameriški black metal band Great Cold Emptiness je objavil videospot za pesem The Patron Saint of Whalewatching z aktualnega albuma Immaculate Hearts Will Triumph. Tega je band izdal januarja v samozaložbi, na CD-ju pa ga bo 25. februarja izdala založba Flowing Downwards.